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Relevant Links:
Birds and Beef and Breeding Beef Cattle (article)
Breeding Cow Management (webpage)
Pregnancy Detection Tool, interactive tool)
Tighten the Calving Season: How to Increase Profitability Through Calving Distribution (resources)
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